Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933-1938
New York : Viking, ©1999.
Format: Book
Description: xviii, 686, [30] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Profiles the second part of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt through 1938, including the Great Depression, the New Deal and world events preceding World War II.
Contents:
Becoming First Lady -- Public and private domains -- ER's revenge : Henrietta Nesbitt, head housekeeper -- Mobilizing the women's network : friendships, press conferences, patronage -- ER's New Deal for women -- Family discord and the London Economic Conference -- Private times and reports from Germany -- Creating a new community -- The quest for racial justice -- The crusade to end lynching -- Private friendship, public time -- Negotiating the political rapids -- 1935 : promises and compromises -- The victories of summer, 1935 -- Mobilizing for new action -- A silence beyond repair -- Red scare and campaign strategies, 1936 -- The Roosevelt hearth, after Howe -- The election of 1936 -- Postelection missions -- Second chance for the New Deal -- 1937 : to build a new movement -- A First Lady's survival : work and run -- This is my story -- This troubled world, 1938 -- Race radicals, youth and hope -- Storms on every front.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
First ladies -- Biography.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
First ladies -- Biography.
ISBN:
0670844985
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Roosevelt, Eleanor V.2 | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Roosevelt, Eleanor V.2 | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-666) and index.